SRIA wins grant to promote eco-tourism

5:13 PM,
Nov. 7, 2012

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Santa Rosa Island Authority was notified today that it will be awarded a $500,000 grant from a $57 million BP Gulf Tourism and Seafood Promotional Fund. The SRIA applied for the grant in October with a goal to develop an ecotourism trail and to promote ecotourism.

W. A. "Buck" Lee, Island Authority executive director, said he has notified the board by email about award. Board chairman Dave Pavlock will lead a discussion on how to implement the grant at the Nov. 14 board meeting.

Patrick A. Juneau, Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator, said in an email that a member of a Promotional Fund ...